River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-06-16

Eternal sprang from hour 70 hour.
Yet while thus sentient in my shroud,
Above me, moving in a cloud,
These restless hearts cried in the bright
And high MONDAY, "GOd. give us lght.'
NORA PERRY IN YoUTH's COMPANION.
INSECTS AND PEST.
There will be insects TO combat this
month in garden and orchard The on
ion maggot win begin to work when the
young plants are large enough for hoe
inc, or a little later if the onions have
made an early growth. The first sign
noticed will be the dropping OF onion
tops, and if the maggOt is not stopped
each worm will move along the row.
taking every onion for one or two feet.
As there may be more than on the first
plant. and as the eggs may be deposited
very thickly over the field. they make
| sad work, often taking whole rows in Il
| few days, or perhaps so reducing the
| whole field as to make it the better way
/ to pillow it up and devote it to other crops.
/ Where they are but few, the only sure
way is TO take the roots out as soon a
| the tops begin to wilt, and perhaps one
or two on each side of it in the row, and
take up the soil ut least an inch in
depth, Remove this from the field en-
tirelv and either devote it to the com
post heap or to such a driving as will
kill the little maggot that does the mis-
chief 1t may be necessary to lock over
the field twice a day for week or more
before all will be destroyed. But in no
other way can the value of the field be
preserved as an onion field. The only
other remedy is to devote it 10 grass or
other crops for three or four years and
grow no onions near it.
The cabbage fly can be driven away
! by occasionally sprinkling the leaves
with fine tobacco. pulverized sulphur
and plaster mixed together. For the
cabbage worm use a solution of saltpe-
tire at the rate Of q quarter OF pound
| in two gallons of water, with which
shower the plants literally This is also
useful for destroying rose bugs, and ifa
little of it is used in watering cabbage
and tomato plants or melon hills il may
prevent the cut worm from attacking
them For the currant worm powdered
| hellebore is sure destroyer. and if US
ed freely until after the currants blossom
the worms seldom appear later. As it Is
} poisonous it should not be used after
4 the berries are grown, when 1t will
/ be necessary to depend upon
hand picking. The same caution should
be observed in regard to Paris green up
on tomato and egg plants for the des-
truction Of the Colorado beetle. One
pound of the Paris green well mixed in
to hundred weight of fine ground
plaster is the best method of applying
that poison to the potato vines, or TO
the above crops before the fruit forms.
/ To destroy canker worms, stir table
4 spoonful of Paris green into pail Of
water, and with 4 small force pump or
syringe thoroughly shower the tree.
TAsKING CHILDREN UNEQUA!LY.
The habit Of tasking the docile or
willing child unequally. sometimes in
dulged in b., busy parents, often leads
to serious results and lifelong regrets
/ The weary mother who casts about Tor
/ help is not always discriminating as to
! its sources so il comes, and the ODE
| dent child often gets too heavily bur-
dened. and that without reflection on
/ the parents's part. 1t IS right that
they should help mother, but let it be
an equal distribution of tasks as far as
! it can be.
/ When quite young saw this 50
| forcibly illustrated in the family of a
neighbor that never forgot it. 1t 50
| happened that the good child was
! my favorite among several, and while
/ deprecated the situation in childish
/ fashion, | could not but admire her
unsellish Inconsistencies of it.
Their means were limited and the
mother was so occupied with maternal
cares, and withal so easy in disposition,
that her injustice never seemed to oc-
cur to her as such. Indeed she allowed
things to take their course without
much attention to the relative rights
of the girls so that the work was done.
The result was that the family drudge
was early saddened in disposition, and
finally broken in health; and when a
wife and mother herself, in later years,
she realized the injustice that rendered
her incompetent to perform her own
life-work efficiently.
As proof of this she remarked TO me
once with deep feeling that it might be
wrong, but she could not quite forgive
her mother for allowingit TO be. nor
feel just that affection for her which
would have otherwise existed.
KEEP THE HANGERS CLEAN.
The more highbred and spirited the
horse the more dainty he viii be about
his feed, and the greater care must be
taken to keep feed boxes and managers
free from filth. Almost any scrub
would, however. refuse TO eat out of
managers rs they often are left. with
portions of the unconsumed hay OF
grain TO be run over and sOiled by
fowls while the horse Is away at work.
This is a toocommon condition Of many
farmers stables at this season, when
increasing warmth dulls the appetite
and makes soiled food doubly offensive |
by its decay. Many a hard-worked |
horse gets of his feed. rs it Is said, and |
grows poor from this cause alone. |
More care should be taken at this sea-
son to feed only what win be eaten
clean, whether of hay. meal, or grain. |
If any remains when the horse is taken |
out in the morning to work IT should /
be removed from the feed box and Civ |
en- to some other animal that viii eat it |
ont side the stable.
CORSsTALKs N MANURE.
Where cornstalks have been fed un- /
cut their long, woody substance makes